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[lxsstorana]

Well done Grant, you made it to Toranafest. .

 

You should now sit back and and bask in your glory.  Have a beer, relax and admire what you have achieved ..... 

 

But back to reality - work, wife, kids etc, etc, etc. and the teething problems of a restored car. 

[Potta]

FARK!!

 

Did you get your bolt back?

[lxsstorana]

............................ , I kid you not it was like in the movies !!!!!!, there was this explosion of glass at 140 klms ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

I think you made a typo error.  You can only travel at 110 klms (legally). 

 

Thankfully it wasn't more serious.

[frash da bucket]

Hey grant,
I'm glad I got your door opened at the fest,or would driven you nuts on your way back home.

[frash da bucket]

Hi Grant,

Yes I do have one mate.

John.

[jd lj]

Thanks guys, but whats a road trip with out an incident !
 
It goes like this ;
 
Lee Gillmore ( gun metal grey gtr) and me going down the highway today , side by side , we look over at each other and drop a gear and go , after blowing the bejezues out of both cars and coming up with the win , i pull in front 
 
The driver side shock bolt comes out , hits the road , goes back , hit's Lee's bumper , and then fully smashes the shit out of his driver side head light , I kid you not it was like in the movies !!!!!!, there was this explosion of glass at 140 klms 
 
the bolt dented the bumper with thread marks and no other damage - thankyou lord !lo
 
I could not believe it , 3 inches up , left or right it was major paint damage to the front of the car, FAAARK 
 
 
I just ordered another set of jets and needles for the carbies which should sort out some issues, but had a ball it was awesome to get there and participate with all the other guys, the car came up a treat.

Lucky you didn't damage his headlight surround, I've already fixed that one for him before ;-)
Maybe you should get a stock exhaust and fit it to pass the Db test and then swap it back over. I think most of us would fail that noise test. Torana's are meant to be loud aren't they?

JD

[Potta]

And who's gonna notice 2 db's for fr0ck sake.

 

Feeling your pain Grant, its that kinda cop that makes people hate cops.

 

Just being a fr0ckwit because he can.

[sibhs]

Any other weekend you'd be ok. I heard they pinged any one near the Nats.
Hang in there Bro. You can handle anything, cause you've restored a Torana.
Marty

[Potta]

Yeah its another way they are trying to shut things like this down.

 

Scare away all the punters so nobody goes then it is deemed unpopular and seeya later, event canned.

[S pack]

Getting the car ready for Phillip island and spannering the car, we noticed that the lower control arm " rubber bush" has separated from the outer steel housing , happened both sides and this was  a rare spare product. It looked like there was a donut between the K frame and the edge of the control arm where it attaches to the K frame .

 

Very bizarre indeed, replacing the rubber bushes tomorrow , but far out what a failure of the product.

 

G 

Grant the exact same thing happened to my RH LCA bush and that was a genuine GM part.

I believe the Rares bushes are made by Mackay auto rubber.

Edited by S pack, 04 March 2014 - 07:03 PM.

[hanra]

Could this happen if the nuts were done up without weight applied to the suspension? I torqued mine up whilst on car stands.